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Blackbox Zeb on Sam's Giga. Old one from before release or what?
Funny how they've edited the steerer creaking out of the raw audio. I thought that was a feature? At least it has been on both steerers I have had.
Could be a thing of parts shortage and Sam running what he has available.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLdp6FcBpRV/?igshid=1k06vrgpfz4ci
Could be this? Would def fit with the seat tube clamp design / chainstay visual similarity theory?
Might also not be, any other thoughts on triangle shaped logos (assuming its not something as simple as a size sticker)
The „only“ thing different is the lower link driven shock.
I can‘t see Canyon go this route as their whole lineup uses a classic fourbar design.
This new suspension layout seems to have all the positive characteristics like the lower link VPP designs without infringing the patents from Santacruz.
Also the wheel path through the suspension cycle might be more vertical then on the classic VPP, which might be a big plus.
Anywho, the VPP patent has supposedly run out (I think we discussed it here?), I mentioned DW doesn't design bikes to the wording that is in the patent as far as I've seen, etc. So I guess it's more or less free game
edit: patents filed prior to 1995 were valid 17 years from date of issuance.
in the US patents cannot be renewed after 20 years. there are circumstances when extensions are granted, but that's typically only when there are delays in the patent review process.
https://wheelbased.com/2021/02/25/braking-system-for-a-bicycle-by-sram/
But anyways, the new design from BMC(?) looks promising.
It seems to be almost always run with a DC fork and by their DH team, and Jesse Melamed mentioned in the most recent Downtime Podcast that the Norco guys were running the "new DH bike" at the Crankworx summer series last year (although he obviously doesn't ride for Norco and may not know anymore than anyone else).
So yeah, is there anything to suggest that its not the new Aurum, or are we just basing the assumption that it's a Sight/Range on the fact that the first photo of it was with a SC fork?